AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-19
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月
- 1 AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-19
1.Israel's prime minister says he's ready to restart negotiations 1 with Palestinians immediately. Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments after a two-hour meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama. But Natanyahu says any agreement is contingent 2 on Palestinian acceptance of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
2.Former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson is pleading not guilty to charges of murdering his third wife. Kathleen Savio was found dead in a dry bathtub five years ago. Her death was originally ruled an accident, but was reclassified as a homicide after Peterson's fourth wife disappeared. Peterson denies any involvment.
3.The cleanup is already underway in the Los Angeles area where a 4.7-magnitude earthquake shattered windows and rattled 3 the nerves of locals. At least ten aftershocks barreled through afterward 4, the largest of which clocked in at magnitude 3.1.
4.And astronauts can wrap up work at Hubble by wrapping up the space telescope in protective covering. That's about all is left on the Atlantis crews to-do list. Astronauts have finished up their repairs inside the observatory 5 on their fifth and final space walk of the mission.
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
- Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
- Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
- Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
- Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。